Stump or tree extractor



Unirse ALBERT romania, on EAMsEY, NEW JEEsEY.

STUIVIP OR TREE EXTRACTOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 612,586, dated October 18, 1898.

Application iilecl February 17, 1898. Serial No. 670,610. (No model.)

T0 all wiz/0m, it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT FORRER, a citi zen of Switzerland, residing in Ramsey, Bergen county, and State of NewJersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stump or rllree Extractors; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon', which form a part of this specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a stun1pextractor or tree-puller of simple, strong, and durable construction, easily handled, and reliable and efficient in operation.

The invention consists in. the improved stump-extractor and in the combination and varrangement of the various parts thereof,

substantially as will be hereinafter more fully described and finally embodied in the clause claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each of the several views, Figure l is a perspective view of my improved stumpextractor illustrated in an operative position; Fig. 2, an enlarged top plan view` of the extractor and of the chains connected therewith; and Fig.l 3, a detail end elevation of Fig. 2, the chains and the operating bar or lever being removed.

In said drawings, a represents a metallic stock or frame penetrated by a tapering hole b, adapted to receive the correspondinglyshaped end of a removable bar or lever c.

The stock or frame d, which preferably is rectangular in cross-section, is provided on one side and substantially in its central portion with an outwardly-projecting lug, penetrated by a bolt d, to which is pivotally secured a shackle c, surrounding the said stock or framemthat is to say, extending over and around the opposite side thereof-and carry-- fm and n, respectively, likewise extending over and around the opposite side of said frame or stock and connected to chains o and p, having on their free ends hooks o' and p', respectively, all as clearly illustrated iu the drawings. The chain f of the shackle c is adapted to be secured with its hook f to a rope or chain g, fastened in any desired inanner to a tree or stump 71 which must be stronger and iiriner than the tree or stump r to be extracted. To the said stump r is secured a rope or chain q, adapted to be engaged by the respective hooks o and p of the chains 0 and p, as described in the following operation t After the frame or stock a has been placed into substantiallythe positionillustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 and after the chain f has been secured to the rope or chain g the chain 19 is hooked to the rope q on the stump r to be extracted, while the chain 0 is hooked at any convenient place to the chain p. The lever or bar c is then forced over in the direction of the arrow R until it occupies substantially `now returned to its former position-that is to say, is forced over in the direction opposite to the arrow R, whereby, through the strain exerted upon the chain t', the stump fr is still further loosened or entirely withdrawn from the soil. V

If the above-described operation is not suf icient to entirely withdraw the'stump from the soil, the saine is repeated, as will be manifest.

I do not ntendtolimit myself to the precise construction shown and described, as various alterations can be made without changing the scope of my invention; but

What I claim as new,'and desire to secure by Letters Patent,` is-' In a stump or tree extractor, the combination of an elongated tapering stock having a tapering: end and adapted to be inserted in 1o said orifice, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 11th day of February, 1898.

ALBERT FORRER.

Vitnesses:

ALFRED GARTNER, WM. D. BELL. 

